Definition of "egusi" []

• Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in Africa. (noun)

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• "I planned not to eat anything at the wedding but I could not resist the Amala and egusi soup with plenty fried beef I was offered."
• "Friday and Saturday night often found me there with a bunch of other "economic exiles" drowning in the nostalgia of Star beer, pounded yam and egusi with orisirisi and Naija music mixes spun by Jimmy the Baldheaded guy, blotting out any other realities."
• "With the music of Yinka Ayefele softly playing in the background, the spread of jollof rice, fried rice (the Naija version), fried plantains, two choices of stew (complete with chicken, beef and cowleg) , egusi and pounded yam made for a pleasing alternative to an English Sunday lunch."